Naming DC after animal?

[TempStamos]

Ttc, not pregnant yet. All my DC have unusual names and DP and I are wanting to name the next after an animal eg Fox, Puma, Bear.

Does anyone have ideas for animal names that could be used for both boys and girls?
Or do you think we are mad and that naming children after animals is tacky?

@UserThenLotsOfNumbers

Haha! Actually like Badger.

Lutra? It means otter.

Not Honey Badger!!! They sound sort of cute but are really nasty members of the animal kingdom., the equivalent of calling your child Rattlesnake or Orca.

also please not Anemone as suggested earlier, it would be like calling your child Fuschia or Courgette, no one would ever spell it properly , so you would have years of your child looking sad as yet another birthday/Christmas card/party invitation card drops onto the mat with its name spelt wrong.

Badger is used as a verb -to badger someone, pester or nag at them. It's not very complimentary.
Could you go with old German but traditional names like Wolfgang (path of the wolf) and also the names of Mozart and Goethe? Or Wolfram (wolf-raven). Still might be difficult to pull off, though.

Woodlouse-Mae
The names of your other kids aren't too bad, considering. People are always advocating Linnet or Wren on MN, personally I wouldn't give my child those names but to each their own.
Kitty isn't too bad, although often it's used as a nickname for eg Katherine. Not so sure about the other choices, not Bunny though as that's a bit too cutesy, ok as a NN for a baby but not for an adult. Robin/Robyn might be OK.

Oh I love honey badgers. The way they act like belligerent drunken sailors on shore leave.

Be a bit careful with Puma. In the UK it’s pronounced Pyoo-ma but in the Americas (where the animal is native) it’s pronounced poo-ma.

As you can’t guarantee where your child will end up living in the future you might want to consider whether you want her given name to be easily shortened to Poo.

I’d also have an issue with naming a daughter Bunny. Rabbits are prey, that’s not a connotation I’m personally comfortable with.

@viques

I'll scrap badger then. I want the name to be recognisable and spellable (common animal, english spelling) but my kids have never been bothered when their name is spelt wrong, though my three year old is always disapointed when she see's her name without a star above the i.

I love Fox for a boy!

My dd's nickname is Rabbit, I get quite a few funny looks in the supermarket mind! 😳😂

@toffee1000

You should hear their full names! Knew my name choices wouldnt be popular on MN. Yes I really like Kitty for a girl, but would have it as the name (not nickname) but do still really like Bunny.

Fish seem a little underrepresented in this thread but rather than carp about it, here are my favourite fish people names:

Gurnard (bit like Bernard 2.0)
Mackerel
Bream
Bass
Ray (oh, errrr that's been taken)
Merlin (ditto)
Sprat
Pilchard
Coley

@Cavender

I scrapped Puma, because of the brand but yes that is another good point, thankyou.
Still keeping Bunny as an option though.

If you like Otter then how about:

(Boys)
Otto
Otis

(Girl)
Ottilie

All those names can have the nickname Otter if you want.

I know a Tiger, a Bear and a Buddy (all boys) and no raises an eyebrow. Not all in same family.

Not forgetting associates fish parts:

Fin and Gill

Got a haddock now.

@CatchIt

Yes I like Fox too, just usually prefer longer first names that can be shortened.
Haha! Thats cute and I know what you mean with the stares.

@intimeandspace

Not really a fan of Fish or Bird names.
Or are you taking the piss?

Paloma also means pigeon so I'd steer clear of that.

@AnneOfCleavage

Thankyou, but i really want the name to be after an animal, not just the nickname.
But yeah, im sure there would be the odd questions and comments but unusual names are much more popular theese days and I think animal name's are probably a lot more common than i thought.

Just lighthearted banter.

I like Leon and Teddy. Joey and Jay are cute.

Kat or Robyn maybe

@Mayhemmumma

All ready have a Teddy!

Ops well it's nice!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=NL6CDFn2i3I

My dd middle name is Ursula - her dad's is Ursus - big bear and little bear but maybe not as obvious!

Do feel free to share their middle names too!